English in Early Childhood

How children learn Learning through play How to talk to young children Learning: English and everything Positive relationships and enabling environments Watching children learn Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course will be of interest to you if you are: a parent of young children who wishes to support their child learning an additional language; an English teacher or an early childhood practitioner; or someone who is interested in the area of child development and language acquisition. If English is not your first language please be reassured that this course is suitable for those who have learnt English to around intermediate level (approximately B1 on the CEFR). The principles of learning an additional language during early childhood apply to all languages, so if you are a parent, teacher or practitioner interested in teaching languages other than English, you will find plenty of relevant methods in the course. You can use the hashtag #FLEarlyChildhood to talk about this course on social media.

• Early childhood development
• Children and language acquisition
• The importance of play
• Creating the right environment for play
• Developing language through play
• Encouraging emotional development
• Developing language through interactions
• Developing the whole child
• Learning English in context
• Guiding the learning experience
• Helping children feel safe and happy
• The importance of knowing the child well
• Every child is unique
• Observation
• Assessment in the early years
• Planning: building on what children can do